 Twas the meeting before Christmas, when all through Bonanza, not
a creature was stirring, not even a Gus; The announcements s
were read by the Bob Ehrich and Rory with flair and absolutely
no hopes that St. Nicholas would ever be there; The Sertomans
were eating, each one side by side. While visions of Brenda Meech
fining them danced in their heads; And Tami in her glory and
Kevin Goedker in his suit, had just settled down for a long
winter's chat, When up on the podium there arose such a clatter,
We all turned to look to see what was the matter. The glow from
the spring sunshine on the beard of gray gave the luster
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excitement to Jim Park's patter. When, what to Sertoman
wondering eyes should appear, but a jolly bunch of swinging
Sertomans full of good cheer. Jim whistled, and shouted, and
called them by name: "Now, Gus! now, Kevin! now, Ken ,those hats
are a must and traditional Swinging Sertoman caroling was soon
upthrust. .And then, in a twinkling,We heard in that room an
awful rendition of a Walking in a Winter Wonderland tune. As we
all were laughing and thought it was over, St. Nicholas came in
the door with a groaner. He was dressed all in fur, from his
head to his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes
and soot; A bundle of presents for all good Sertomans, he had
flung on his back, and he looked like a peddler just opening his
pack. His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His
cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
 His droll little
mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as
white as the snow; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
soon gave us to know Les Franz in disguise was ready to go. He
went straight to his work, and started throwing out presents.
Carole Paulsen went first and grabbed handful of spatulas and
Mike Boen was blessed with a toilet you know whatcha. The best
presents of all came in little brown bottles that were not very
tall. Laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, out
the door he flew But I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of
sight, "HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT."
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 A big thank you to Rory Coit for all his hard work
organizing the fish house efforts. Rick Besmehn is also on
the thank you list for the use of the shop.FAS 829-7761 Todd Dunlap
Tami Webb, Rory, Scott Fisher, Laura Beilke, and Terry Curtis showed
up on Saturday and got the fish house to the point where Rory and
Rick could get the roof together. It still needs sides and
finishing. If anyone has another spot it could be moved to, Rick
would appreciate getting his work space back. |
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| Welcome new members Joyce Seymour, Mary
Eischeid, and Lori Anderson. |
| Sertoma has been divided into 4 teams to help
promote our membership drive. Thanks again to Rory Coit for
the nice chart that will keep track of new members and Gary Walters
weight loss that is suppose to keep pace. Gary has a list or you can
check with the team leaders (Rory Coit, Tami Webb, Mike Boen, Jim
Potvin) to see which team you are on. Five new members will earn
your team a steak and lobster dinner. |
| Rick Besmehn made a motion on the floor that was
seconded by Dave Pundt to give $1,000 to the Salvation Army's
Christmas drive. That motioned carried. |
| The following list of people need to report to
Washington Middle School for Vision and Hearing Screening: 12:20 to
2:30 Jan 3: Mike Howard, Laura Beilke, Sandra Ehrich, Tami Webb,
Lowell Carlson, Brian Skogen Jan 4: Mike Howard, Bob Ehrich, Jim
Park, Rory Coit, Kim Hauglie, Tom Rosenberger, Brett Smith. Sandra
Fowler, Dean Zenner and Pam Sachs are available if you cannot make
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| NO MEETING DECEMBER 26 - We Meet Jan 2nd. |
| Jan 12 - Social committee is planning a fun program
that includes free beer, DJ, munchies, dinner, and lots of prizes. Cost is $15 per person. The sign up sheet is going around. Call Rory Coit if you would like to attend and can't make the sign up. |
| Convention Dates-Note on your Calendar |
| May 2-4, 2002 |
Omaha Safari Regional Convention |
| July 10-13, 2002 |
Toronto National Convention |
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Jan 3-4
Vision and Hearing Sign-up sheets went around. Call Bob Ehrich if you wish to help at the Washington Middle School. He needs 12 people on Jan 3rd and 14 people on Jan. 4th. |
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Would have been Lori Rubin
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by 11:45 and call somebody if you can't. Call Jeff Birks @
820-5544 if you can't make it.
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| December 26 |
NO MEETING FAS 829-
7761 Tom Steiger |
| January 2 |
Janet Horn, Mike Howard, Sam Foss
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| January 9 |
Dallas Humphrey, Todd
Humphrey, Dave Bergin
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Find a Sawbuck Corner:
The FAS Program was designed to encourage people to read the newsletter. Even those who attend the meeting can benefit from reviewing the announcements etc. If you find the letters FAS followed by your name, you must call the number provided and just leave a message that you called and attend the next meeting to collect your money. Simple--however 90% of the people never respond.
This week's FAS winners would have been Rita Johnson and Mary
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Photos Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new MSN Community homepage. This community is for the club, easy to join and gives you the opportunity to add edit or delete any photos that are posted as well as leave messages for fellow Sertomans. It is a good way to thank someone for doing a good job or give them some positive feedback for a big event in their life. If you wish to view the current photographs or check out the new online directory go to:http://communities.msn.com/BrainerdNoonSertoma/_whatsnew.msnw
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